The 21-year-old (aka Renarena) is a growing star in the worlds of both gravure and acting.

Sure, she looks sexy in lingerie. That we already knew. But what about a nurse uniform?

It’s now confirmed by all that she looks mighty cute in a nurse uniform, as her role in the current television drama New King (Atarashii ousama) on TBS demonstrates amply. Perhaps even better, though, she shows us more than just a good costume.

In one scene, she is required to leap from the outside staircase of a building, which reveals her panties underneath her uniform. Japanese netizens, being as obsessed as they are with even the slightest hint of panchira, have gone berserk over this panties shot. Cue dozens of screengrabs and attempts to lighten the images. Anything to illuminate the holy grail between her legs.

Was this scene manufactured solely for the purpose of panchira?

If we were being cynical, we would suggest that the producers knew exactly what they were doing in working this scene into the drama — and the director surely knew that the angle it was shot in would have all kinds of secondary applications. Other lingering shots and edits in the drama also indicate a keen interest in appeasing male viewers.